GlobalProtect Error 'The server certificate is invalid. Please contact your IT administrator.' error on GlobalProtect when client connections are being proxied.


To reaffirm that this issue is experienced due to the modification of server certificate by proxy service, the GlobalProtect logs file (PanGPS) can be searched for similar messages:

. try to connect to proxy, nProxyIP=964fa79d, proxyPort=8081, proto=6 . connect to proxy now . s=908, destName=1.2.3.4, nPort=443, nProxyIP=964fa79d, nProxyPort=8081, proxyuser=, proxypass= . Proxy connection established . Unable to verify server cert. Result is unable to get local issuer certificate . . Failed to verify server certificate of gateway example.com. . Show Gateway GP-External-Gateway: The server certificate is invalid. Please contact your IT administrator. . Failed to retrieve info for gateway example.com.